After several years of disappointment at the ballot box since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, many participants and speakers expressed optimism.

FILE - People giving their first names Erika, left, and Leeann react after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri constitution passed, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at a watch party in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) An incoming new ...

Anti-abortion lawmakers rallied for the march for life at the Statehouse on Kansas Day, despite expletive-filled yelling from a Satanist heckler.

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As the U.S. celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day and marks Trump's second inauguration, Kansas City activists worry the new president will follow through on campaign promises like mass deportations and clamping down on diversity,

FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe advocates for state control of St. Louis police, citing crime concerns, in his first State of the State address. He also discusses abortion funding alternatives and tax reforms.

Thousands of young adults gather at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia, for Life Fest ahead of the March for Life. Life Fest is hosted by the Sisters of Life and the Knights of Columbus and is taking place on Jan. 23 and Jan. 24.

In his address Tuesday, Kehoe pledged to back legislation to bolster a scholarship program for law enforcement basic training and create a new scholarship for law enforcement to access postsecondary education outside of basic training.

The questions at the 2025 March for Life were familiar ones for D.C. Beltway insiders: Would major politicians show up, and what would they say?

The Justice Department said they believe the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act unfairly targets anti-abortion protesters.

Missouri lawmakers are pushing for stricter abortion laws at both the federal and state levels after voters approved a landmark constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in Missouri last